Globe & Mail On CD-ROM

This resource provides coverage to Canada's "newspaper of record", the Globe & Mail of Toronto (1991-1998) plus several other Canadian newspapers (Winnipeg Free Press (1993-1998); Times Colonist of Victoria, B.C. (1993-1998); Financial Times of Canada (1991-March 18, 1995); Alberta's Lethbridge Herald (June 1995-1998); Evening Telegraph of St. Johns, Nwfld.) (Au -Nov. 1995); Charlottetown, P.E.I.'s Guardian (June 1995-Dec. 31, 1995). It is stored at the MSU Library's Digital & Multimedia Center AP5 .G53 CD-ROM.

Contains:

• all the articles written by journalists
• all the editorials and all the editor's standpoints
• all the articles issued by press agencies
• all the letters to the editor
• all the columns, all the series, etc.
• all the news in brief
• all the illustration tags (textual content)

Does not contain:

Choosing Years to Search

After loading the CD-ROM, a window with the label "The Globe and Mail on CD-ROM" will appear. If one wants to search the entire database, one can just begin searching. If one wants to search a particular time period, there are two options:

1. The simplest is choosing the "Search" option, then choosing "Date". A window appears, giving "Start" and "End" options.
2. A more complex way is choosing the "File" option, then choosing "Open a Database." A "Database Selection" window appears. Choose the appropriate drive for the corresponding date: G=1991-1992; H=1993; I=1994; J=1995; K=1996; L= 1997; M=1998

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